Indirect Cost Allocation Plan
The County is accepting proposals from qualified consulting firms to provide all materials and services necessary, or identified herein, to prepare an Indirect Cost Allocation Plan on behalf of the County for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 2010.
Work with selected County staff to define the purpose, uses and goals of an indirect cost
allocation plan, in addition to developing service provisions, cost categories, and allocation criteria for current and future programs.
Review the County’s data collection worksheets, allocation bases, indirect cost pools and present methods of distributing costs for appropriateness and also to identify alternative methodologies which may favorably impact indirect cost recoveries.
Ensure that the development of the plan will provide an accurate and appropriate method to meet the County’s needs for equitable allocation of indirect and administrative
overhead costs.
Ensure that the plan will comply with the Federal regulations (OMB Circular A87), so
that the County can use this plan to establish a federally approved indirect cost rate.
Develop an Indirect Cost Allocation Model for calculating full costs of providing each
County program or service. Model requirements include:
Identification of County-wide overhead costs as well as departmental overhead costs. The ability to add or remove direct or indirect costs as needs and programs change. location plan as the organization of the County changes.
Present the Draft Indirect Cost Allocation Plan to the Finance Division by December 7, 2010. Collect and document comments from the staff and incorporate those comments into the Final Indirect Cost Allocation Plan. The County Financial Statements will be available by November 7, 2010.
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Addendums: http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=16321
http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=16323
